republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-645.md

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Bill	Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers	Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 645	West Virginia SB 645 (2026)	bill	Insurance	enacted	Deeds	7	53	5	2026-01-28	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/648f01bc-20f0-4ab0-ac21-4b0008ea568f	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=645&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	541843c7c13b5a9aec166b2aff67557aff4e1e2c1473d91455ddeb3f59d4d1d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 645 (2026) — Prohibiting surprise billing of ground emergency medical services by nonparticipating providers

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 433) (committee substitute) — source
4. sb645 h hhr am _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. sb645 hfa statler 3-12 _2 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. sb645 hfa statler am 3-11 _3 adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
7. sb645 hfat worrell 3-12 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• RECONSIDER H HHR AM #1 — 49–46 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 94–1 (pass) · lower
• PREVIOUS QUESTION — 56–39 (pass) · lower
• TABLE RECONSIDER H HHR AM #1 — 38–57 (fail) · lower
• Passage — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Deeds — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-28 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-28 To Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-01-28 To Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Reported do pass committee-passage
• 2026-02-09 On 1st reading
• 2026-02-09 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-10 On 2nd reading
• 2026-02-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-11 On 3rd reading
• 2026-02-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-11 Passed Senate (Roll No. 67) passage
• 2026-02-11 Ordered to House
• 2026-02-12 House received Senate message
• 2026-02-12 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-02-12 To Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 To House Health and Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Markup Discussion
• 2026-03-10 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-10 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-11 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-11 Committee amendment rejected (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-03-12 Reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-12 Motion to reconsider
• 2026-03-12 Motion to table motion to reconsider amendment rejected (Roll No. 432)
• 2026-03-12 Motion for previous question adopted (Roll No. 433)
• 2026-03-12 Motion to reconsider amendment (Roll No. 434)
• 2026-03-12 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-12 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 Amended on 3rd reading
• 2026-03-12 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-12 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-03-12 Amendment rejected (Voice vote) amendment-failure
• 2026-03-12 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Passed House (Roll No. 435) passage
• 2026-03-12 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-12 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-13 House Message received
• 2026-03-13 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 601)
• 2026-03-13 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-13 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-18 To Governor 3/18/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chapter 57, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/648f01bc-20f0-4ab0-ac21-4b0008ea568f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).